Art. Parks. Theatre.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Millennium Bridge.
St. Paul's Cathedral.
Baker Street, home of Sherlock Holmes.
Devon and I in Camden Market.
Queen's Theatre: Les Miserables. It was phenomenal.

So London seems to like us by gracing us with surprisingly beautiful weather. We started off Thursday morning a bit later, a few extra hours of sleep did us all good.

We hopped on the tube and headed towards the Tate Modern Museum. We walked around the city for a bit, crossed some beautiful bridges (the sun was just gorgeous on the water) and checked out Shakespeare's Globe Theater before heading in.

A very industrial looking building, the Tate Modern was full of galleries and exhibits portraying all the different era's of modern art. Warhol, Pollock, and Picasso were just a few. Seeing some of the displays made us reconsider what we call "art." All in all, the museum was great! As we were heading out, we grabbed a few sausages from a stand for lunch and walked across the Millennium Bridge.

From here we walked around St. Paul's Cathedral, the architecture is simply amazing. It was a bit too expensive for us tour, but seeing the outside was just fine.

Jake had an appointment with a doctor in London from his surgery, so we all ventured toward Regent Square to wait for him. After the appointment (all went well!) we walked through Regent Park. Lots of dogs, birds and squirrels were enjoying the sunny weather =) From Regent Park we took a few turns and ended up on the famous Baker Street! We looked around in the Sherlock Holmes shop, right below 221b.

We hopped back on the tube and went back towards our hostel, into Camden Town. Little did we know that right down the street from our hostel was an amazing market! The street was alive, with food vendors, loud music and a really young crowd. At the end of the street was the Camden Stables Market. It used to be an old horse hospital that they have beautifully renovated into separate "stalls" for each shop. From vintage shops, independent designers, and antique collectors to punk stores, wooden jewelry shops and book stores; each stall held its own character. Thankfully I didn't have any money on me... or it would have ALL been gone.

Then came my FAVORITE part of the day. Les Miserables!!!! We found the cheapest tickets and got the cheapest seats (second row from the back) to see this amazing show! Even from far up, we had a perfect view. The story was amazing, the singing was superb and the set design and costuming made me want to drop out of GCC and go to design school. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end our stay in London =)

To say the least, London was fantastic. The buildings, lights, the energy, it was all I thought it would be. I would love to come back!